Effects of a group forgiveness intervention on forgiveness, perceived stress, and trait-anger

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 715-733

  Harris, Alex H S ^a,b   Luskin, Frederic ^a   Norman, Sonya B ^a   Standard, Sam ^a   Bruning, Jennifer ^a   Evans, Stephanie ^a   Thoresen, Carl E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Forgiveness; Health; Interpersonal conflict; Psychoeducational intervention; Stress; Trait anger

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FORGIVENESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; THINKING; TRAINING;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANGER; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33744471896     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20264     Document Type: Article

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